Punu, Gabon, magique figure, wood, pigments, resin, H. 23,5 cm. Prov.: Södergren collection

Kwele, Gabon. H. 55 cm. Provenance: S. Diakonoff, Marcel de Schryver.

Fire runner mask, which had to controll the fireplaces during dry seasons. Indigenous term: Zakpäi. Northern part of the Dan region, Ivory coast. Deep black old patina, prominent mouth, H. 22 cm. Provenanze: ex. Sammlung Schweizer, Castanienbaum.

Ambete, Gabon, anthropomorphic figure, wood, pigments, H.36 cm. Provenance: missionary collection Sweden.

Ambete, Gabon, anthropomorphic figures, wood, pigments, H. 39 / 36 cm. Historical black and white photo Stockholm 1954. Both sculptures had been exhibited in Stockholm 1954. Exhibition: “Färg och form”.

Ambete, Gabon, anthropomorphic figure, wood, pigments, H. 39 cm. Provenance: missionary collection Sweden.

Bembe, DRC, Mask, wood, kaolin, vegetable pigments, H. 24 cm.

Luba, Lukunga region, female figure, wood, H. 53 cm, Prov.: Ludwig Brettschneider, München.

Krinjabo, Ivory coast, commemorative bust, terrakotta, H. 38 cm.

Temne, Sierra Leone, Kabemba mask, wood, raphia, H. 54 cm. Provenance: James Hooper, Allan Stone. Published in: Steven Phelps. The James Hooper Collection. Nr. 1782.

Mangbetu, DRC, two figures, couple, wood, bast fibres, H. 36 / 39.5 cm.

The female mask, Tsangui, southern part of Gabon, was danced on stilts and embodys a female ancestor. The mask acted as a guardian of social order, for example after a case of death. Read pigments form a cross on the front, rarely used as motif. H. 26 cm. Provenance: private collection, Switzerland.